Laundry rack



Au 29', 1950 I c. L. PAN'DELE 2,520,311

LAUNDRY RACK Filed June 1 1948 \uvamog CHARLES LPANDELE no MK A'rroauaws Patented Aug. 2 1950 UNITED STAT ES PATENT o errce LAUNDRY anon *Gliarles Pandele, Grand natidsgnah. lisplicatidmtne 1, 194's; TSerialNo. agar The present invention isdirected to ainjovel, very practical-and simple laundry rackwhich in practice may be hung over the back of a chair and upon which the smaller articles of clothin may be placed. It is an object and purpose of the present invention to provide a rack of this character which is economically made from wire or wire rod, which when extended is provided with two spaced horizontal bar members from which laundered articles may be hung, and which may be collapsed to a smaller space for shipment or wherein one of the bars only will be utilized for the articles. The invention is fully disclosed in the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the laundry rack of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation, and

Fig. 4 shows a position of the outer rack mem ber different from the extended position in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, and to which said outer rack member may be moved to either occupy such position in use, or be turned upwardly in parallelism to the inner rack member for smaller space occupancy.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the diiferent figures of the drawing.

The rack structure of my invention includes two parts each made from Wire or wire rod. The first made from a single length of wire midway between its ends includes a bar I of less length than the rack, from the ends of which two inverted U-sections 2 are bent terminating in front of the bar I in downwardly extending legs 3, from the lower end of each of which a horizontal section 4 is bent to extend outwardly, the two sections being opposite each other, and each at its outer end having an end section 5 bent forwardly at right angles, each of which terminates in an eye or guides B, the wire being depressed and extending downwardly at an angle to the horizontal, and said eye being located in an inclined position substantially at an angle of 45 to both the vertical and horizontal.

The other member of the laundry rack, also made from a length of wire rod, is a rectangle having spaced apart parallel inner and outer sides '1 and 8 connected by parallel ends 9. The ends ii are slidable in the eyes 6, that is, the wire at each end of the inner side 1, upon being bent at right angles to provide the ends 9, passes through said eyes. The outer member of the rack is a closed rectangle and when made from a single length of wire, the two ends of said wire "either lef t separate e'r sbldefd 0r" etnerwise ctnnected tcgether;

The laundry rack may be hung over the back of a chair by placing the hooks provided by the inverted U-sections 2 thereover. With the outer rectangular member of the laundry rack extended, as in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, it will likewise be in a horizontal plane (Fig. 3) being held by engagement of the inner end portion 9 against the upper portions of the eyes 6. Articles may be hung over the spaced apart horizontal bars I and 8 of the rack. On moving the outer rectangular member of the rack through the eyes 6, the ends 9 traverse such eyes and if the rack is hung over the back of the chair the upper bar 8 will be in a position such that small articles of clothing may be folded thereover and suspended with the inner portions thereof extending downwardly and inwardly over the lower bar I.

For shipment the outer rectangular frame, which has been moved from its extended position in Figs. 1 and 3 to that in Fig. 4, is swung upwardly to lie substantially parallel to the plane of the ends 5. This reduces the space occupied by the rack in shipment, or reduces carton size if a carton enclosure is used.

The rack is very economically produced and serves the purpose for which it has been designed in an exceptionally satisfactory manner.

The invention is defined in the appended claims and is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim:

1. A rack of the class described comprising, a member of wire having a horizontal section and means connected therewith for suspending from the upper edge of the back of a chair, said horizontal section having at each end thereof an outwardly extending end at right angles to said horizontal section, each terminating in a downwardly and outwardly inclined eye, and a second member of wire of rectangula form having spaced inner and outer horizontal sides and ends connecting said sides, said ends extending through and having a slidable mount on said eyes whereby said second member is held in a horizontal plane.

2. In a rack structure as described, an inner member comprising, a length of wire having an intermediate horizontal portion, inverted U- shaped hook members at each end thereof, said hook members extending upwardly and thence outwardly and terminating in downwardly extending outer legs, each at its lower end having a horizontal section at right angles thereto, the two sections extending opposite each other and lying in the same plane and each of said horizontal sections at the outer end thereof having an outwardly extending end, said ends being of equal length and each terminating in a downwardly and outwardly inclined eye, and a second member of wire of rectangular form having inner and outer horizontal sides, and ends connecting the sides, said ends slidably passing through the eyes and the inner horizontal side adjacent the ends thereof lying underneath the outwardly extending ends of the first described member.

3. In a rack structure of the class described, 1

ing through and slidably mounted in said guides whereby said outer frame is adapted to be slidably moved underneath the ends of said first described member, or said frame may be extended outward with one side thereof extending substantially between said guides and the other spaced outwardly therefrom.

CHARLES L. PANDELE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 418,497 Brucker Dec. 31, 1889 428,543 Yund May 20, 1890 568,199 Keeler Sept. 22, 1896 760,403 Twitchell May 17, 1904 959,839 Buehler May 31, 1910 1,476,034 Banks Dec. 4, 1923 2,198,584 Swably Apr. 23, 1940 

